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Another thing is that a large portion of the "metric" world isn't fully metric, using old-fashioned units like miles and pyeong and tsubo. Really, the whole met
by msla 6y ago
Another thing is that a large portion of the "metric" world isn't fully metric, using old-fashioned units like miles and pyeong and tsubo. Really, the whole metric vs non-metric debate comes down to how much non-metric people see in their daily lives, not any binary distinction between "always use metric" and "never use metric" or anything of the sort.
- wrp 6y agoI was just going to say this. Working in many countries (especially non-Western), I've found that even in countries that have been "metric" for generations, the traditional measurements still dominate in everyday use.
- el-salvador 6y agoWhere I am from: - Mostly US paper sizes - Pounds for human weight - Ounces and pounds for weight,cheese and meat cuts in the supermarket. - But metric for pre packaged products(they usually come in sizes similar to imperial though, like 450 grams) - Gallons for gas and large sized bottled water - But liters and millilitres for small bottles of water... - And quarts for motor oil. - Liters for duty free alcohol and spirits,but "bottles" for locally sold alcohol. - US units for clothing and shoes - But yards for fabrics/textiles - Metric units for construction areas - Colonial units for land areas and agricultute
- swimfar 6y agoAlmost the entire world still uses nautical miles, knots (speed), and feet for aircraft altitude. I'm pretty sure most airplanes all use AN hydraulic fittings, which are based on Imperial sizes (correct me if I'm wrong there). Also, people always say that the US is the only country that uses feet, pounds, miles, etc. But there are a lot of other countries that still use those units, or at least understand them, even if it's not an official unit. I even work with engineers from China who use and understand Imperial units. I also visited a friend in Ireland who had a (pre-digital) scale that measured weight in stones.
- GuB-42 6y agoLiving in France, general aviation is a bit of a mess. - Light aircraft use nautical units. - Ultralight use metric for speed and distance but feet for altitude and vertical speed - Gliders use metric - Charts use feet for altitude. Aviation authorities define airspace using nautical units but ground authorities use metric for things like fly over altitudes. All converted to feet in charts but the legal text use meters. - AFAIK, mechanical parts for non-US built aircraft are metric. Pipe fittings have always been in inches for some reason, but commonly converted to metric (1/4in is written as 6.35mm).
- fmajid 6y agoIn France the Air Force uses feet for altitude due to NATO STANAG, and the ALAT (Army helicopter corps) uses meters.